Category: climate_change
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TCEQ Sets Fall Calendar of Public Meetings and Hearings on Texas Permitting Cases
Texas environmental regulators will hold public meetings and hearings from October through November on air, wastewater and radioactive waste permits, including Valero, SpaceX and Formosa Plastics.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentEnergyLegalState GovernmentsFederal GovernmentClimate Change Texas Commission on Environmental QualityState Office of Administrative HearingsValero Refining-TexasSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.Formosa Plastics CorporationWaste Control Specialists LLCPublic Meeting
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Iowa Launches Online Map Connecting Landowners With Conservation Experts
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach releases an interactive map linking farmers and landowners to conservation professionals, as the DNR also announces enforcement actions and draft water use permits.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentAgricultureLegalState GovernmentsClimate Change Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesIowa State University Extension and OutreachIowa Conservation Professionals Mapconservationwater use permitsenforcement actionsIowaUSA
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Media Monitor: NPR Reports Pilot Stabbing on Tel Aviv-Bound Flight, Hegseth Military Overhaul, FBI Data Breach
NPR reports a flydubai pilot stabbed a co-pilot mid-flight, Hegseth's push to cut senior officers, an FBI cyberattack claim, and Trump's Oklahoma trip.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyBusinessWorldIsraelUSASaudi ArabiaGeneral PoliticsFederal GovernmentArtificial IntelligenceMilitaryEnergyClimate ChangeElectionLaw Enforcement flydubaiTel AvivPete HegsethFBIShinyHuntersStrategic Petroleum ReserveOpenAINPR Breaking NewsNPR
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Reports Startups Deploy Small Batteries Across New York City to Bypass Grid Rules
MIT Technology Review reports startups are placing small batteries in e-bike swap cabinets, food carts and induction stoves to sidestep New York City permitting hurdles and cut costs.
Science & TechnologyBusinessEnergyEnvironmentClimate ChangeComputers and Internet MIT Technology ReviewNew York Cityenergy storagebatteriesPopWheelsCopperDavid EnergyMITsciencetechnology
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George Mason Partners with Shenandoah University to Streamline Physical Therapy Admissions
George Mason University has partnered with Shenandoah University to give five kinesiology undergraduates priority admission to its doctor of physical therapy program, one of several initiatives highlighted in the university's latest news roundup.
EducationScience & TechnologyHealthPolitics and GovernmentEnvironmentEnergyClimate ChangeState Governments George Mason UniversityShenandoah Universityphysical therapykinesiologyMason Energy ForumDemocracy LabFairfaxGeorge Mason University NewsFairfax CountyReston
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Dartmouth Engineering and Eversource Selected for DOE Award to Boost Electric Grid Capacity
Dartmouth Engineering and utility Eversource have been selected for a U.S. Department of Energy award to collaborate on increasing electric grid capacity and enhancing system resiliency.
Science & TechnologyEnergyEducationHealthClimate ChangeEnvironment Dartmouth CollegeEversourceU.S. Department of Energyelectric gridGeisel School of MedicineSamson OccomEl Niño
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DeWine Touts H2Ohio Lead Pipe Removal, Road Salt Reduction in Cincinnati and Cleveland Heights
Governor DeWine visited Cincinnati and Cleveland Heights to highlight H2Ohio's work removing lead service lines and cutting road salt runoff, with $107 million invested statewide since 2019.
Politics and GovernmentHealthEnvironmentUSAState GovernmentsFederal GovernmentClimate ChangeEnergy Mike DeWineH2OhioOhio EPAlead service linesroad salt runoffCincinnatiCleveland HeightsOhio Governors Office
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Buunni Coffee Expands to Columbia's Medical Center Campus with Haven Plaza Cafe
Buunni Coffee, founded in a tiny Washington Heights storefront 14 years ago, opens a full-service cafe at Columbia University Irving Medical Center with an Oct. 6 grand opening.
BusinessHealthScience & TechnologyEnvironmentClimate ChangeEducationEnergySocial IssuesMediaFilm and TV Buunni CoffeeColumbia University Irving Medical CenterWashington HeightsHaven PlazaElias GurmuSarina ParabisiCurious Minds Science ZoneColumbia Neighbors
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Media Monitor: Sierra Club Warns Roadless Rule Comment Deadline Nears as It Seeks Funds to Fight Repeal
The Sierra Club is telling supporters the public comment window on the Roadless Rule closes October 6, and it is seeking emergency donations to fight a repeal it says would open 45 million acres.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeFederal GovernmentCongressSocial IssuesEnergy Sierra ClubRoadless RuleDepartment of Agriculturepublic comment deadlinenational forestswildfiresold-growth forests
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Penn Medicine Study Finds Uterus Transplants Largely Successful After a Decade
A new Penn Medicine study evaluating ten years of uterus transplants finds the procedure is now a replicable clinical therapy, with nine babies born from transplants at Penn.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMedical ScienceAstronomy and SpaceComputers and InternetClimate ChangeEnvironment Uterus TransplantPenn MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaLive BirthFertility TreatmentClinical StudyHealth & Medicine
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Newsom Signs Wildfire Package, Codifying Fast-Track Rules for 500+ Prevention Projects
California enacts laws to speed wildfire mitigation, expand prescribed burning, create a CAL FIRE innovation unit and home-hardening loans after fast-tracking 500 projects across 130,000 acres.
Politics and GovernmentUSAEnvironmentClimate ChangeState GovernmentsDisastersEnergyLegal Gavin NewsomCalifornia wildfiresCAL FIREwildfire preventionprescribed burninghome hardeningFire Innovation UnitCalifornia Governors Office
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Media Monitor: Cornell Chronicle Highlights Puerto Rico Tourism Plan, HIV Brain Research Center
The Cornell Chronicle reports a U.S. Forest Service partnership on sustainable tourism in Puerto Rico, a $3M Weill Cornell HIV brain research center, and a new book on free speech in ancient Athens.
HealthBusinessScience & TechnologyEnvironmentEducationMedical ScienceEmployment and LaborClimate Change Cornell ChroniclePuerto RicoU.S. Forest ServiceWeill CornellHIVwildfire smokeDonald Trump
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Newsom Signs Conservation Package, Touts Record 1 Million Acres Added to 30x30 Effort
California adds more than 1 million conserved acres in a year, reaching 27.1% of lands protected, as Governor Newsom signs bills on offshore drilling, wildlife coexistence and park access.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeState GovernmentsEnergyLegalEducation Gavin NewsomCalifornia30x30ConservationOffshore DrillingPublic LandsDonald TrumpCalifornia Governors Office
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TCEQ Commission to Weigh Permits, Enforcement Orders at Oct. 7 Meeting
Texas environmental regulators will consider four new wastewater and land application permits, dozens of enforcement orders against major chemical and energy companies, and take public comment on Oct. 7.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentLegalState GovernmentsEnergyClimate Change Texas Commission on Environmental QualityTCEQwater permitswastewater dischargeair quality enforcementEllis Countyenvironmental regulation
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Media Monitor: Sierra Club Warns Roadless Rule Repeal Would Open 45 Million Acres of National Forest
The Sierra Club is urging supporters to comment before an Oct. 6 deadline, saying the Trump administration's proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule would expose 45 million acres of national forests to development.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeFederal GovernmentSocial IssuesEnergy Sierra ClubRoadless Rulepublic landsnational forestsUS Forest ServiceTrump administrationwildfire
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DeWine Moves to End E-Check Emissions Testing in Northeast Ohio
Governor DeWine directs Ohio EPA to begin ending E-Check after the Cleveland area met federal ozone standards. Public comment opens next month, with a request to U.S. EPA due by year's end.
Politics and GovernmentHealthEnvironmentState GovernmentsFederal GovernmentTransportationClimate Change E-CheckMike DeWineOhio EPANortheast Ohiovehicle emissions testingU.S. EPAair quality standardsOhio Governors Office
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Media Monitor: OpenAI Shelves AI Model Over Safety Concerns as SpaceX's Starship Reaches Orbit
MIT Technology Review's daily newsletter reports OpenAI scrapped a new model over safety concerns, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time, and the FBI assumes hackers stole employee data.
Science & TechnologyBusinessHealthUSAArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and SpaceComputers and InternetClimate ChangeMedical ScienceLaw Enforcement OpenAISpaceX StarshipFBIAnthropicDonald Trumpartificial intelligence safetyMetaMIT Technology ReviewMITsciencetechnology
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Rosenthal Named Yale's Next University Secretary
Lesley Rosenthal of The Juilliard School will become Yale's next university secretary on Dec. 1, President Maurie McInnis announced, bringing extensive nonprofit governance experience to the role.
HealthScience & TechnologyEducationEntertainmentSportMedical ScienceClimate ChangeEnvironmentFilm and TVGeneral Politics Yale UniversityLesley RosenthalMaurie McInnisUniversity SecretaryJuilliard SchoolHigher EducationAppointmentsUniversity
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Media Monitor: NPR Reports Trump Administration Rolling Back Federal Fuel-Economy Standards
NPR reports the Trump administration is easing federal fuel-economy rules, New York prosecutors reopened a 2024 Cornell rape case, and five British men were bailed after detention near a U.S.-used base.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologyWorldLaw EnforcementEnvironmentClimate ChangeMiddle EastAsiaEuropeLegalEducationEnergyAstronomy and SpaceMedia Trump administrationfuel-economy standardsautomakersCornell UniversityNew York prosecutorsEvan GershkovichSpaceX StarshipNPR Breaking NewsNPR
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Golkin Family Foundation Gift Launches Law and Technology Initiative at Penn Carey Law
A leadership gift from the Perry and Donna Golkin Family Foundation will advance legal education and scholarship at the intersection of law and technology at Penn Carey Law.
Science & TechnologyHealthEducationLegalArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsClimate ChangeEnvironment Penn Carey LawPerry and Donna Golkin Family FoundationUniversity of PennsylvaniaJ. Larry JamesonLaw and TechnologyLegal Education
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Media Monitor: Senate GOP Seeks Last-Minute Wins as Alito Recuses From Climate Case
USA TODAY reports Senate Republicans are pushing for campaign-season victories in the chamber's final week before the midterms, while Justice Samuel Alito steps aside from a landmark climate case.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementEnvironmentUSACongressRepublican PartyElectionClimate ChangeLegal Senate RepublicansSamuel AlitoSupreme CourtJon Hustedmidterm electionsUSA TODAYUSA TODAY On Politics
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Lamont, Cimino Blast Trump Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
Connecticut's governor and DEEP acting commissioner criticize a federal rule cutting CAFE standards from 50.4 mpg by 2031 to 34.9 mpg, citing higher fuel costs, pollution and job losses.
Politics and GovernmentHealthEnvironmentClimate ChangeEnergyTransportationFederal GovernmentState Governments Ned LamontEmma CiminoCAFE standardsConnecticutTrump administrationfuel economyNational Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationConnecticut Governors Office
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Media Monitor: Cornell Chronicle Highlights Climate Finance, Eye Research and Urban Tree Inequity
The Cornell Chronicle reports experts at Climate Week NYC 2026 urging environmental trade-offs be built into financial decisions, plus eye research and urban tree findings.
Science & TechnologyHealthBusinessEnvironmentClimate ChangeMedical ScienceEconomySocial IssuesPolitics and GovernmentUSAChina Cornell ChronicleClimate Week NYC 2026sustainabilityretinal cellseye disease researchurban tree healthU.S.-China relations
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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Tracks AI Agent Liability, Data Center Backlash and Border Wall Deaths
MIT Technology Review reports on who should be liable when AI agents go rogue, its investigation into deaths along the virtual border wall, and a roundup of the day's technology stories.
Science & TechnologyBusinessPolitics and GovernmentMediaArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetLegalEconomyClimate ChangeEnvironmentFederal GovernmentDemocratic PartyWhite HouseEnergyFinancial MarketsTradeMedical ScienceSocial IssuesMilitaryLaw Enforcement MIT Technology ReviewAI agentsOpenAIAnthropicdata centersUS border surveillancehumanoid robotsMITsciencetechnology
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Record Diesel Prices Ripple Through Economy as Trucks Carry 70% of U.S. Freight, Penn Sociologist Says
Penn sociologist Steve Viscelli says record diesel costs are tightening supply chains and raising prices on goods from fresh produce to electronics, as trucks carry over 70% of U.S. freight.
BusinessScience & TechnologyHealthEducationEconomyTransportationArtificial IntelligenceClimate ChangeEmployment and LaborLegal University of PennsylvaniaSteve ViscelliTrucking industryDiesel pricesSupply chainErik WibbelsJulia Puchtler
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Media Monitor: Trump Moves to Cancel $810 Million in Federal Funding, TIME Reports
TIME reports President Donald Trump is seeking to cancel $810 million in federal funding through a "pocket rescission," drawing bipartisan pushback, while also covering panda diplomacy, nor'easters and climate change, and the health benefits of group singing.
Politics and GovernmentHealthWeatherUSAChinaWhite HouseCongressFederal GovernmentClimate ChangeEnvironmentGeneral WeatherSocial Issues Donald Trumppocket rescissionfederal fundingXi Jinpingpanda diplomacynor'easterTIME magazine
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Media Monitor: Sierra Club Promotes Rooftop Solar Through EnergySage Partnership
Sierra Club is telling supporters that its partnership with solar marketplace EnergySage offers free personalized estimates, installer quotes and expert guidance for homeowners considering rooftop solar.
BusinessScience & TechnologyEnvironmentEnergyClimate ChangeSocial Issues Sierra ClubEnergySagerooftop solarrenewable energyclean energyhomeownerssolar marketplace
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Media Monitor: Sierra Club Marks National Public Lands Day With Legal, Grassroots Push to Protect 640 Million Acres
The Sierra Club is marking National Public Lands Day by urging supporters to fund legal and organizing efforts to defend national monuments, Yosemite and roadless forests, the group said in a fundraising email.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentLaw EnforcementLegalClimate ChangeSocial IssuesFederal GovernmentCongress Sierra ClubNational Public Lands DayBears Ears National MonumentGrand Staircase-Escalante National MonumentYosemite National ParkRoadless Rulepublic lands
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California Delegation Wraps Historic Climate Week NYC Participation, Signing New Global Partnerships
Governor Newsom's administration closed out Climate Week NYC with new global partnerships, progress toward expanding California's carbon market, and a pledge to fill the climate leadership void left by the Trump administration.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeEnergyState GovernmentsBusinessTradeTransportation Climate Week NYCGavin NewsomCaliforniaClean EnergyCarbon MarketInternational PartnershipsClimate PolicyCalifornia Governors Office
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Declaration of Independence Still 'Radical' and Required Reading at Columbia, Professor Says
Columbia's Marcus Folch says the Declaration of Independence remains required reading for all undergraduates and is more radical than both the Constitution and America today.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyHealthMediaEducationLegalArtificial IntelligenceClimate ChangeEnvironmentSocial Issues Columbia UniversityDeclaration of IndependenceMarcus FolchContemporary CivilizationUnited States semiquincentennialKnight First Amendment InstituteDuncan Mengenewsletter